$500 Compressor Kit
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FWIW, My question on the interstage removal was mostly about the practical difficulty of the required homebrew plumbing between the vibrating pump and an uncoupled, nominally fixed, coalescer.
If it can be brought in for $500, and has a 200 hr. overhaul interval for say $200, that seems pretty reasonable.
broncobowsher
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I think it can be done, once, with the right parts laying around to start with.
Multiple units, mass production, don't see how it can be done. Thus the cynical side track this thread took.
Multiple units, mass production, don't see how it can be done. Thus the cynical side track this thread took.
Seriously, good luck. I wish you all the best. I'll buy your first 2 production units of you manage to hit the specs and price. Honestly though, I don't see how, with inflation, supply chain issues, and all the other costs associated with production of anything today, that $500 is an attainable goal.
Please prove me and and the skeptics wrong.
Please prove me and and the skeptics wrong.
100days-a-year
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The stock may cost that much, but machine time and labor costs would exceed the $500 by a huge factor for a one off and still be over that for mass produced units unless using Chinese slave labor rates.
The one off cost to me is around $200 and a bunch of time. I have built a few boosters over the last few years at a total cost to me of about $30 in seals. Material comes out of the scrap bin and I do all of the machining on my lunch breaks or after work if it is a complicated part. Obviously that plan doesn't scale well.
RobPNW
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I'm actually going to talk to the fire guys here that I do computer work for and see if I can fill tanks from their SCBA system. They may not be allowed to do that but it's worth a try...
Can send a sample away for testing. Fire departments (in my area) are tested quarterly.
Lot of guys do that.. I have asked multiple and it's really up to whoever is in charge. Of the 6 I asked 2 were willing... always great fills too.
It helps A LOT to donate pizza or whatever if you go often.
RobPNW
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They know me well and I actually do a ton of work for them already. I'm an older active duty guy turned IT geek and maintain their computers, tablets, phone and routers in their engines and ambulances, as well as, maintaining the equipment in their dispatch center. It's more a matter of figuring out our agencies policies I guess.
Then without a doubt you'll get fills. There might be an issue with connecting to scuba. Not all FD use the standard scba fittings anymore. The ones in my area do not.
I was fortunate that the president of the firehouse wanted to be able to fill his tank for cleaning his pool, so I built the adapter and we split the cost and he'll fill my tanks whenever. BUT.. I bought a compressor and haven't used them in a long time. Always nice to have a plan B though.
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